Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lesotho, 2082

Lesotho
2082
Total fertility rate: 1.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2082  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lesotho is projected at 1.87 children per woman in 2082 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (112 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 42,850 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.87
Births
42,850
Births per 1,000 people
12.9
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
3,312,871
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.20.1%26
15-1928.27.5%3,174
20-2482.522.0%9,314
25-29111.929.8%12,714
30-3486.923.2%10,016
35-3950.213.4%5,860
40-4412.83.4%1,493
45-492.20.6%245
50-540.10.0%7